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New at the zoo:

The Indianapolis Zoo has a new baby Amur tiger. The cub, born July 10, can usually be found close to her mother, specifically her tail.

New at the zoo:

The Indianapolis Zoo has a new baby Amur tiger. The cub, born July 10, can usually be found close to her mother, specifically her tail.

Photo: Laura Pilarski, Associated Press

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Prone to overheating:

A girl cools off in a shallow pool of water in Seoul, where temperatures were expected to exceed 35C
(95F) for two or more days.

Prone to overheating:

A girl cools off in a shallow pool of water in Seoul, where temperatures were expected to exceed 35C (95F) for two or more days.

Photo: Ed Jones, AFP/Getty Images

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Roadside dud:

An unexploded Israeli bomb draws stares on the highway linking northern and southern Gaza, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip. Airstrikes killed least eight people, including three children, in the town overnight.

A snake charmer holds a pair of snakes as
a Hindu devotee (not shown) pours milk over the reptiles in Jalandhar, India. During Naag Panchami, devotees offer milk, bananas and coconuts to snakes in the hope that the offerings will
protect them from snake bites during the year.

A Palestinian man from Gaza Strip's central Bureij refugee camp shows flechettes - tiny steel
arrows often loaded in tank shells - stuck in the wall of his house. Flechettes are described as an
imprecise weapon, ill-suited for combat in urban areas. Shells are fired over a target, dispersing a
cone of thousands of the darts. An Israeli human rights organization said the use of flechettes is
illegal "under humanitarian law." The Israel military did not deny using the shells, but said it only
deploys weapons "determined lawful under international law," according to the Guardian
newspaper.

A China Post newsstand operator stands on the roof of
his business to prevent municipal officials from tearing it down in Beijing. Thel officials
moved in after midnight to demolish newsstands, purportedly as part of city beautification efforts.
China Post workers claim the eviction is illegal and against state regulations governing their
newsstands.

A Michigan woman says that Damba the lion bit off a piece of her finger after employees at the private Sunrise Side Exotic Animals and Nature Trail zoo in Baldwin Township, Mich., told her that she could enter the lion's cage. State police are investigating.